impound

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: im=pound

CIDE DICTIONARY

impound, v. t. 

 To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of some authority such as police or a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound an illegally parked car; to impound a document for safe keeping.  [1913 Webster]
"But taken and impounded as a stray,
The king of Scots."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

impound, v.tr.
1 confiscate.
2 take possession of.
3 shut up (animals) in a pound.
4 shut up (a person or thing) as in a pound.
5 (of a dam etc.) collect or confine (water).

Derivative

impoundable adj. impounder n. impoundment n.

THESAURUS

impound

annex, attach, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bottle up, bound, box in, box up, cage, chamber, check, cloister, close in, collectivize, commandeer, communalize, communize, compass, confine, confiscate, constrain, contain, coop, coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off, cork up, corral, crib, detain, distrain, encage, encircle, enclose, encompass, enshrine, expropriate, fence in, garnish, hedge in, hem in, hold, hold in custody, hold in restraint, house in, immure, impress, imprison, incarcerate, include, inhibit, jail, keep in, keep in custody, keep in detention, kennel, leaguer, levy, mew, mew up, nationalize, pen, pen in, pen up, pocket, pound, press, quarantine, rail in, replevin, replevy, restrain, restrict, seal up, sequester, sequestrate, shackle, shrine, shut in, shut up, socialize, stable, surround, wall in, wrap, yard, yard up

ROGET THESAURUS

impound

Restraint

VB restrain, check, put under restraint, lay under restraint, enthral, enthrall, inthral, inthrall, bethral, bethrall, restrict, debar, constrain, coerce, curb, control, hold back, hold from, hold in, hold in check, hold within bounds, keep back, keep from, keep in, keep in check, keep within bounds, hold in leash, hold in leading strings, withhold, keep under, repress, suppress, smother, pull in, rein in, hold, hold fast, keep a tight hand on, prohibit, inhibit, cohibit, enchain, fasten, fetter, shackle, entrammel, bridle, muzzle, hopple, gag, pinion, manacle, handcuff, tie one's hands, hobble, bind hand and foot, swathe, swaddle, pin down, tether, picket, tie down, tie up, secure, forge fetters, disable, hamstring (incapacitate), confine, shut up, shut in, clap up, lock up, box up, mew up, bottle up, cork up, seal up, button up, hem in, bolt in, wall in, rail in, impound, pen, coop, inclose, cage, incage, encage, close the door upon, cloister, imprison, immure, incarcerate, entomb, clap under hatches, lay under hatches, put in irons, put in a strait-waistcoat, throw into prison, cast into prison, put into bilboes, arrest, take up, take charge of, take into custody, take prisoner, take captive, make prisoner, make captive, captivate, lead captive, lead into captivity, send to prison, commit to prison, commit, give in charge, give in custody, subjugate.